Huntingtin polyglutamine expansions misdirect axonal transport by perturbing motor and adaptor recruitment
Emily N. P. Prowse, Brooke A. Turkalj, Muriel Sébastien, Lale Gursu, Daniel Beaudet, Jia Feng, Chengqian Zhou, Heidi May McBride, Gary J. Brouhard, Mahmoud A. Pouladi, Adam G. Hendricks
This study shows that HTT polyQ expansions disrupt motor and adaptor recruitment to vesicles, causing transport defects and altered responses to neuroinflammatory stress.
iScience · Apr 17, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology